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Uganda shuts down internet ahead of election

In tonight's edition, a week after Ugandan authorities denied plans to shut down internet access during this week's presidential elections, public online access is blocked for millions of voters. Also...

1dFrance 24Politics

Uganda: Crackdown, internet blackout ahead of vote

Uganda's authorities have shut down rights groups, arrested opponents and their supporters, now they've turned off the internet. After 40 years in office, President Yoweri Museveni has no intention of...

1dDeutsche WellePolitics

Trump's sweeping proposals for credit cards and student debt could be a big deal for other lenders

Proposed policy changes could lead more consumers to turn to private or personal loans. Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images New caps on student-loan borrowing could prompt more Americans to turn to private...

18hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

90M people. 118 hours of silence. One nation erased from the internet

Article URL: https://state-of-iranblackout.whisper.security/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46603910 Points: 42 # Comments: 12...

1dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Bilt unveils credit cards with 10% interest rate for first year after Trump calls for cap

Bilt Rewards CEO Ankur Jain Taylor Hill/Getty Images Trump has called for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Bilt is rolling out a new suite of 3 credit cards offering 10% interest for the first...

8hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Uganda, Elections & the Internet

Uganda has once again shut down the internet just before the elections....

16hAl JazeeraPolitics

Wall Street hits back at Trump’s plan to limit interest on credit cards

Banks such as Citigroup and Wells Fargo say capping rates would limit credit and hurt economic growth...

10hFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

Pentagon invests $1bn in US missile motor unit of defence group L3 Harris

Deal marks government’s first direct-to-supplier agreement but raises questions over conflict of interest...

1dFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact

US Senate Republicans say market structure bill doesn‘t ‘serve industry interests‘

Republicans called a digital asset market structure bill a bipartisan effort despite pushback from some Democrats on certain provisions....

6hCoinTelegraphPolitics

Not ‘Trump-compatible’? China expert Rudd exits Australia’s US ambassador role

Australia’s former prime minister and a prominent China scholar, Kevin Rudd, will step down as ambassador to the United States a year ahead of schedule, a move some analysts say underscores a fundamen...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

The world's central bankers are rallying around Fed chair Jerome Powell in his fight with Trump

Powell typically abstains from directly engaging with Trump's personal attacks. Al Drago/Getty Images The world's most senior bankers have rallied around embattled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell....

1dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

How business leaders are responding to Trump's plan to cap credit card interest rates, from JPMorgan to SoFi

Business leaders like Klarna's CEO support Trump's credit card cap proposal, while major banks and investors warn of risks. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump proposes a 10% cap on c...

18hBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

How Iran switched off the internet — and Iranians fought back

Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out...

23hFinancial TimesPolitics

Bitchat tops app charts in Uganda as authorities cut internet

Ugandan officials claimed that they could also shut down the internet-free, encrypted messaging app last week, but haven't done so yet....

1dCoinTelegraphTechnology

Citi CFO says a credit card cap would have a 'deleterious' impact on the economy

Citi reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Citi's CFO Mark Mason said Trump's proposed credit card cap would have a 'deleterious' impact on the economy. ...

14hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Israel cuts ties with three global bodies after US withdrawal, foreign ministry says

Last week, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum ordering the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organisations as they "no longer serve American interests," the White House sai...

1dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Uganda shuts down internet as Museveni seeks to extend long rule

Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

New Senate CLARITY Act draft allows activity-based stablecoin rewards

A revised Senate CLARITY Act draft would allow activity-based stablecoin rewards tied to payments, wallets and staking, while barring interest paid solely for holding tokens....

1dCoinTelegraphcryptocurrency

How Iran jammed Starlink (and how Iranians are trying to get around it)

After shutting down the internet, the Iranian government is now attempting to jam the Starlink satellite service made free to Iranians by the company. Iranians are now seeking ways to circumvent this ...

7hFrance 24TechnologyImpact

Sadio Mane takes Senegal past Egypt into AFCON final

In tonight's edition, Sadio Mane thrashed home a dramatic ⁠winner to send Senegal into the Africa Cup of Nations final after they edged Egypt 1-0. And the shutdown of the internet in Uganda ahead of t...

7hFrance 24SportsImpact
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